Programme modules:

• Being an active bystander

  Overview

  Core activities: 45 minutes

  This module examines harassment and hate, and the associated impact on the individual and wider community, via peer perspectives, scenario-based activities, opportunities for personal reflection, and signposting to external support. The concise module will equip learners with the skills and knowledge to recognise problematic situations, along with safe and appropriate strategies for positively intervening.

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  Syllabus

  • What is harassment?
  • What is discrimination?
  • Hate incidents and crime
  • Online harassment and hate
  • The impact of harassment and hate
  • Being an active bystander
  • Reporting
  • Strategies for intervening
  • Skills evaluation and module summary
  • Support
• Responding to disclosures

  Overview

  Core activities: 45 minutes

  This module will provide those that are likely to be a first-responder to a disclosure, including all student-facing academic and professional staff and student leaders, with the knowledge required to identify harassment and hate, and the skills and confidence to provide an effective first response. Incorporating case studies and interactive practice scenarios, the module examines the impact of harassment and hate on both an individual and community level.

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  Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Recognising harassment and hate
  • When does free speech become hate speech?
  • Harassment and hate misconceptions
  • The impact of harassment and hate
  • Barriers to reporting
  • Responding to a disclosure
  • Putting it in to practice
  • Skills evaluation and module summary
  • Support